Thumbs up for Noam Chomsky, and a Best Defense razz for old David Frost
And that is a headline I thought I’d never write about Professor Chomsky. The old-school hard-core MIT leftist has issued a letter denouncing his old friend Hugo Chavez for undermining Venezuelan democracy. Better late than never. Meanwhile, David Frost, who may be sleazier than I thought, seems to have been pocketed lots of money to ...
And that is a headline I thought I'd never write about Professor Chomsky. The old-school hard-core MIT leftist has issued a letter denouncing his old friend Hugo Chavez for undermining Venezuelan democracy.
And that is a headline I thought I’d never write about Professor Chomsky. The old-school hard-core MIT leftist has issued a letter denouncing his old friend Hugo Chavez for undermining Venezuelan democracy.
Better late than never.
Meanwhile, David Frost, who may be sleazier than I thought, seems to have been pocketed lots of money to help Col. Qaddafi with his image.
(HTs to BH and Dr. AM)
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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